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As an actor, you get to sort of bounce back and forth in terms of the age range you play and the life experience that your characters have.
We manifest character when self-sacrifice for the sake of our principles becomes more important than compromise for the sake of popularity.
I guess I'm the perfect young lead actress. I'm not Chloe Sevigny - I'm not really a character actress. Some actors have "character" faces.
Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.
Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.
One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.
I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
I want to play a character I've never been before-a crazy serial killer like Charlize Theron in Monster. I'd love to have to shave my head.
The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character.
Children can withstand a lot of pressure and trial from the outside if the home inside is held steady by parents whose character is steady.
With acting, I get to escape into this character and embody it. With music it's like, "Hey guys, this is my diary, here's all my feelings."
I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.
I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me
...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character.
The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave no impression on me.
Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not like you at all.
The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing
I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.
I've managed to include only enough historical detail to give the "flavor" of the time period while keeping the characters and story focal.
I usually play characters that are a lot different than me. I mean, I'm never in a fight in a movie and if I'm in them, I'm usually losing.
Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.
I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to kind of navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.
Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.
There are complete men and incomplete men. If you would be a complete man, put all of your soul's strength into all of your life's actions.
I think that there's something really special about doing a series. You get inside the skin of that character 'cause it's such a long time.
I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose!
Every man makes his own summer. The season has no character of its own, unless one is a farmer with a professional concern for the weather.
The lack of predictability with television is something that's constantly changing what your perception of who you think your character is.
It doesn't matter how complex your plot or your characters are; you have to be able to express the big idea of a film in a sentence or two.
One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.
Tim [Omundson] is just so wonderfully delicious. He has the sexiest beard on television. He's such a fabulous actor, and a great character.
People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.
I had lived in France before graduate school, but because of Spain, I had a lot of the characters go and spend a good bit of time in Spain.
With Richard Splett, he's like the only character on 'Veep' that has no angle. He's guileless. He also believes in the power of government.
If it's time for your character to go, it's time for your character to go - you know what I mean? That's it. It doesn't matter who you are.
Only the Strong is a lushly atmospheric and passionately written piece of work, bursting with colorful characters that shine on every page.
Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life.
God wants to produce the character of Christ in our lives because he knows that the more we become like him, the more fulfilled we will be.
He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.
I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.
I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.
It's good fun to create an unpredictable character. When he comes into the room, I don't know what he's going to do - I have to find my way.
To the dear eye and eloquent tongue, to the soul made of fire, and the character that bends but does not break... I am ever tender and true.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.